🇨🇩 Mbuji-Mayi, Congo (Kinshasa)
Mbuji-Mayi is a major city of Congo (Kinshasa). Real-Earth coordinates -6.148°, 23.598°, population 1,295,000. A river or a coast to follow, tall enough buildings to make a proximity line interesting, and open airspace once you clear the centre. Skydex flies the real Earth here — the elevation, coastline and city layout under the aircraft come from the same data the map does, and the sky is shared with everyone else flying it.
Activity in Mbuji-Mayi
Flying conditions in Mbuji-Mayi
Sunrise 05:58 · Sunset 18:20 · 12 h 23 m of daylight (local time)
Verdict weighs gusts, precipitation and cold — the things that actually decide whether a drone or a bird has a good time up there. Sunrise and sunset are computed from the city's coordinates, not forecast. Forecast issued 2026-11-11 03:03 UTC and refreshed live in your browser. Weather by Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Flying weather in Mbuji-Mayi through the year
November in Mbuji-Mayi averages 25.1°C with winds around 11 km/h, and roughly 48% of days are good for flying — about 20 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: June, July, August; April is the most restricted at 38% usable days. (That's about wind and rain, not comfort — check the temperatures below.)
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.7°C | 11 km/h | 16 | 63% |
| February | 25.4°C | 11 km/h | 17 | 57% |
| March | 26.1°C | 12 km/h | 17 | 60% |
| April | 25.1°C | 11 km/h | 24 | 38% |
| May | 26.4°C | 13 km/h | 9 | 82% |
| June | 28.4°C | 12 km/h | 0 | 100% |
| July | 27.6°C | 11 km/h | 0 | 100% |
| August | 27.1°C | 11 km/h | 1 | 95% |
| September | 27.9°C | 13 km/h | 5 | 88% |
| October | 27.2°C | 13 km/h | 11 | 74% |
| November | 25.1°C | 11 km/h | 20 | 48% |
| December | 24.8°C | 10 km/h | 21 | 47% |
Based on ERA5 reanalysis. “Good to fly” counts days without strong wind, real rain or hard frost — the conditions that actually ground a drone.
Recent activity in Mbuji-Mayi
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What you can do here
- Fly Mbuji-Mayi in an FPV drone or as a gull, from -6.148°, 23.598° — keyboard and mouse, a gamepad, or a real RC transmitter over USB.
- Check the weather first: live wind, gusts and cloud over the city, plus the month-by-month flyable-days table above.
- Watch real traffic — aircraft overhead and ships on the water come from live ADS-B and AIS feeds, not from a script.
- Meet other pilots in the same sky: city chat room, radio, and the walkie-talkie frequency for Mbuji-Mayi.